Patents by Inventor David Charles Alsop

David Charles Alsop has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnetic resonance imaging system and methods for the detection of brain iron deposits
    Publication number: 20040102692
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting iron using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is provided. The method comprises acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) images by a selected pulse sequence to enhance brain iron deposits using a MRI system having a substantially high magnetic field strength and characterizing regions of interest within the MR images having statistically relevant quantities of iron deposits to indicate a given disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Frederick Schenck, Abdalmajeid Musa Alyassin, Harvey Ellis Cline, William Edward Lorensen, David Charles Alsop